Where I Live.

This is where I live..........................and I love it. This is actually not a view from my front porch, but I sure would love for it to be, we live down in the valley. Our fair little city, Festival City, USA is perched just at the base of some really beautiful mountains. There are even cabins located in the big 'V', on the mountain, that you see in the middle of the picture, which are inhabited year round. That would be an even better place to live, except for all of the snow in the winter, I would definitely have to be a stay at home mom if I lived there, no way would I drive down in the winter.

As I said earlier I love where I live. It has the charm of a small town but it is also home to Southern Utah University, the Tony Award winning Shakespearean Festival, and so many other festivals that I would never be able to list them all. This past weekend they had the Skyfest, which is all about hot air balloons. I missed it, but my friend Brittany, who you can visit HERE, seems to have had a really enjoyable time with her cute little family.

I actually spent the weekend cooking, more on that wonderful culinary adventure later, which I forgot to take pictures of, but I will explain later. I didn't burn anything, not even my hand or fingers, and I did make my best ever pancakes to date, they have been a continuing saga of trying to get it right, which does not always work in my case. You know the middle child syndrome where we think more is better, I live by that a little to much when it come to cooking, not just in quantity but also in the measured amounts of the ingredients that I use.

But back to our fair city. I do really love it and I am ever so thankful that we moved here 6 1/2 years ago. The mountain that is above us each day has become a great and wonderful play ground to spend countless hours camping, fishing, hiking, and spending great family time together. We even got to spend a whole week camping this past summer, which I talked about in THIS post. As I said lots of family fun. I can not wait to get up their again real soon. The leaves are changing and I should be able to get some really great pictures. Wish me luck!!

Shopping in our little town is not so bad, but not so great either. We pretty much have only one Wal-Mart, no Target, and no K-mart. I really wish that we had a few more choices, but just a short 45 minute drive down I-15 and we can shop to our hearts content. I guess our town has just what it needs to be livable and lovable, but not so much that it gets to crazy to even think about stepping out your front door and attempting to drive in the traffic.

Did I tell you yet that I really love where I live?

Did I tell you yet that the best part about where I live is that my family is all right here, right where I can make sure that all is good in their worlds? Did I tell you that yet?

Love to All,

midRae